American Speech-Language Hearing Foundation

“Members or stockholders the american speech-language-hearing association is the sole member as defined by the ashfoundation articles of incorporation.”

“Members or stockholders who may elect the ashfoundation board of trustees approves trustees for board service and, upon this action, the recommended trustee names are forwarded for approval by the association (via its board of directors) as the sole member defined in organization bylaws.”

“Decisions subject to approval in accordance with the bylaws, the governing board's removal and replacement of trustees and officers, budget approval, amendments to the bylaws and dissolution of the organization are subject to review and/or approval by the sole member.”

“Form 990 review process the cpa firm and management perform a detailed review of the prepared form 990. The ashfoundation board of trustees has designated the board's v.p. For the financial review committee with the authority to perform an overall review of the 990 documents prior to irs filing and to obtain clarification if needed. The v.p. Receives the form within 3 days prior to filing. All trustees are provided with an electronic copy of the final 990 prior to filing.”

“Conflict of interest policy monitoring & enforcement the policy covers any trustee, principal officer or member of a committee with governing board delegated powers who has a direct or indirect financial interest. Determination of a conflict of interest is made by the remaining board or committee members. Upon determination of a conflict of interest, the board will request the individual to recuse him/herself from any related discussion and corresponding vote on the item of business.”

“Process for determining compensation the review and approval of the executive director's compensation is performed annually by an executive committee of the ashfoundation board. The executive director is not involved in this process. The committee follows guidelines used by the association's human resource unit developed by an independent compensation consultant based on compensation pricing and ranges for comparable executive positions in similar organizations. Contemporaneous documentation is provided by e-mail exchanges between the executive committee and the association's human resource unit.”

“How documents are made available to the public the ashfoundation governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available to the public upon request.”

“Non-voting board members asha's ceo serves as a non-voting member of the ashf board of trustees. Ashf's executive director is a non-voting member of the ashf board of trustees.”

“Employees the american speech-language-hearing foundation (ashfoundation) employs four staff members whose salaries are covered by the ashfoundation budget but administered by the american speech-language-hearing association (the association's) payroll system.”

“other professional - Total Expense: 198446, Program Service Expense: 121733, Management and General Expenses: 65191, Fundraising Expenses: 11522;”

“Return of unused grants - 46908;”